Expositie Stemmen van de Razzia

The exhibition Voices of the Raid highlights the history of the raid of Rotterdam on 10 and 11 November 1944 through personal stories of the deported boys and men and those who stayed behind. Such as Leendert Hordijk (18 years old) and Pieter van Zijl (40) who were deported via the Sluisjesdijk collection point in Charlois. Stories and diary fragments about the raid can be seen and read, and stories can be listened to. The work of four artists who reflect on the history of the raid is also shown. Such as Fenneke Hordijk, daughter of one of the portrayed men Leendert Hordijk and three other artists from Charlois. The information will be supplemented later.

This is part of the project 'My father's story. Places of separation become places of connection'. This focuses on the great raid of Rotterdam and Schiedam, which took place 80 years ago this year, on 10 and 11 November 1944. Within two days, 52,000 boys and men, aged 17 to 40, were deported to the East of the Netherlands and Germany via 11 collection points. It would turn out to be the largest raid for forced labour in the Netherlands. An estimated 500 men did not survive. The returned men, some of whom were still boys, had experienced a lot, but had mostly kept quiet about what had happened to them.